Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Bluescope Steel Ltd (AX:BSL), which rose 10.57% or 0.430 points to trade at 4.500 at the close. OZ Minerals Ltd (AX:OZL) added 6.00% or 0.250 points to end at 4.420 and Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (AX:LNG) was up 3.69% or 0.060 points to 1.685 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arrium Ltd (AX:ARI), which lost 4.35% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.110 in late trade. BT Investment Management Ltd (AX:BTT) declined 3.28% or 0.350 points to end at 10.310 and Origin Energy Ltd (AX:ORG) shed 2.82% or 0.170 points to 5.850.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 549 to 502 and 122 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.23% to 17.388.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.14% or 1.60 to $1164.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.03% or 0.01 to hit $44.62 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $47.99 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.39% to 0.7254, while AUD/JPY rose 0.20% to 87.87.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 97.05.